Becoming King Kong
30 June - 18 November 2007
Visitors to TheNewDowse were offered the chance to come face-to-face with the mighty King Kong, Wellywood’s most famous cinematic gorilla, in this unique exhibition.
Developed in partnership with internationally celebrated Weta Workshop & Weta Digital, the exhibition Becoming King Kong took visitors behind the scenes to reveal the amazing creative journey that took King Kong from the imagination of Kiwi filmmakers to the world's cinema screens.
The exhibition sprawled across four galleries, enabling visitors to pore over original sketches, animal skulls, life-sized sculpted models, detailed maquettes, stunning digital artwork and rarely seen moving-image footage used in the development and production of the movie, King Kong.
www.wetaworkshop.co.nz and www.wetafx.co.nz